What happened to Benjamin Netanyahu? The policies destroying the Israeli economy and harming the future of a generation of children are cut from the same cloth as the obsession that helped Netanyahu give rise to a modern market economy. Dennis Mitzner Nov. 29, 2020
Israel and the rise of health technocrats Health officials becoming policymakers is an unhealthy development. Dennis Mitzner Oct. 22, 2020
Daniel Kahneman, COVID-19 and the cascade of fear Kahneman provides us a perfect explanation of what we are witnessing today and how low-risk scenarios cascade into oversized ones. Dennis Mitzner Oct. 19, 2020
Israel’s mass hysteria and slide to authoritarianism Netanyahu’s alleged crimes and abuse of power are a distraction from the very real danger to Israeli democracy: the state’s encroachment on civil and individual liberties in the name of bad science. Dennis Mitzner Oct. 12, 2020
Allow the private sector to revive the Israeli economy Whenever officials try to rigidly manage complex systems, the results are the same: The negative consequences of intervention will explode, while the benefits are minimal at best. Dennis Mitzner Sept. 10, 2020
Israel’s libertarian moment As Israel’s elections approach, the political campaigns have largely been focused on security issues. However, the rise of Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut is a sign that issues relating to individual and financial freedom are gaining in popularity. Dennis Mitzner April 4, 2019